T.16000M is usually recommended as a good place to start, has all the basic controls and is generally a pretty good stick (particularly for the price), and can be expanded with throttle and pedals later if desired. The stick itself comes with a very simple throttle slider (you may still prefer to use the keyboard for this at first) and twist-yaw controls, along with some particularly useful features that cheaper sticks might not include, such as an 8-way hat switch.
https://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T16000M-FCS-Flight-Pack/dp/B01N2PE8CZ This is the one. You can buy all of the pieces individually as well.
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro + some keyboard controls for landing gear, lights, and other non-essential things will likely be sufficient IMO. $40 is pretty good price.
I've also used the T16000M HOTAS found it to be overkill for a not-VR setup.
You need HOTAS for VR, a simple joystick (or two) is good enough for playing the game on a normal screen.